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ACORN v. COMM. ON CHARITABLE ORGS.

No. 1790 C.D. 1980.

65 Pa.Commw. 534 (1982)

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commission on Charitable Organizations, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 31, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole A. Wood, with her Louis S. Rulli, for petitioner.

Cynthia M. Williams, Assistant Attorney General, with her David F. Phifer, General Counsel, and Harvey Bartle, III, Attorney General, for respondent.

Argued November 18, 1981, before Judges MENCER, BLATT and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, March 31, 1982:

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has appealed from an order of the Commission on Charitable Organizations (Commission) which enjoined ACORN from further solicitation activities for failing to register with the Department of State as a charitable organization. We reverse.

Section 3(a) of the Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act...

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